Day 2 – The Golden Goose

Starting at The Undefeated today, we were greeted by senior photo editor Brent Lewis. The intersection of sports, race and culture were the major issues the ESPN owned company covered throughout their online-driven photo stories. “Video is the golden goose,” Brent remarked. The majority of their stories consist of ….

Next up was the Pulitzer Center where we were greeted by Multimedia Coordinator and RIT Alum, Jordan Roth. With a 20 person staff, the pulitzer center does… for the photo community.

Reporting, education, outreach

To Receive a grant → a great story → an outlet to publish → apply for grant → go report publication outlets are determined by size

Grantees, types of stories they’re interested, more details

Summer internships – march 8, 2018 — deadline

Next was McClatchy. Focused on regional / heavy emphasis on local coverage. Using video with intention was an important aspect on their…

“If I was a reader what do I want other readers to understand?”

360 content, VR, AR – interests in discovering what the boundaries are in terms of technology and storytelling, are there boundaries? – experiencing stories in an immersive way.

“Capitalize on something that is visually stunning.”

What’s working, what’s not?

Social media — how these stories would play on Instagram vs. Facebook — reminder of picture editing II

Auto-play, start in action, not compromising the story, being selective on the stories you can put on social media — is this always true??

Reuters

Speakers: Mitch Koppelman, Tom Kennedy, Karen, Daniella

Mental game of photography, mediation techniques, “being able to face ambiguity & uncertainty” with courage and grace is powerful

The future of curated content is … drones, VR, 360, robots?

Being able to articulate an idea — major key

Having a visual grammar to go along with that — verbal concepts are more so important